"patrolman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-patrolman.wav Forms: patrolmen [plural]
Etymology: From patrol + -man. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|patrol|man}} patrol + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|patrolmen}} patrolman (plural patrolmen)
  1. A police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty instead of detection or supervision. Categories (topical): Law enforcement, People Translations (police officer, especially a junior officer assigned patrol duty): уличен полицай (uličen policaj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), surveillant [Netherlands, masculine] (Dutch), passipoliisi (Finnish), pattugliatore [masculine] (Italian), позо́рникар (pozórnikar) [masculine] (Macedonian), патро́лџија (patróldžija) [masculine] (Macedonian), патру́льный (patrúlʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), patrullero [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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